11 Things I Wish I Knew Before Boarding World Dream Cruise The Palace Suite

I know that The Palace guests at World Dream’s Cruise to Nowhere will have a different kind of treatment but I really do wish that I’ll know this tips before and while on board the cruise ship.

These are my advises: 

1. You can be board the ship as early as 1pm. This is what we’ve learned from our butler. Even you are scheduled for swab testing 4pm, you can go there to get your swab test as early as 1pm and board the ship.

2. Butler’s duties are not what you think of. Don’t expect a "Carson"(Downtown Abbey) butler that you’ve seen in that tv show. Intense marketing but relatively standard concierge.

3. You need to look for your butler IMMEDIATELY! You need to book as fast as you can all the activities, pool, sauna and steam room. Specialty restaurants will be fully booked as early as 5PM before departing. (Experienced that! So frustrating situation).

4. For shows, you didn’t need to book it. Just go ahead and queue at Silk Road restaurant to get the VIP access to the theatre.

5. You can get free one lunch/dinner to a specialty restaurant. You know that right? But if you are not satisfied with the set meal provided you can still dine in at Dream Dining Room (do a reservation) or The Lido (free seating).

6. Choose Deck 17. It is where The Palace Restaurant located. Imagine, just few steps you can access an array of food and drinks up to 2AM.

7. Palace Pool consisted of 1 pool and 4 jacuzzis. It is not crowded but you need to book it. Oh! The scent of chlorine is quite overwhelming.

8. If everything is fully booked. Talked to the Palace concierge to be included in waiting list.

9. Weightlifting is your kind of exercise, do not go for The Palace Gym book the City Life Spa Gym. The Palace guests can take their private elevators from Deck 17 to Deck 15.

10. There are no lockers provided for the slides.

11. You need to complete the rope course before you zipline. If you are afraid of heights and unstable wind condition do not push for this activity. GoPros/jewelries are not allowed. Yes even your wedding band are prohibited.

These tips are for you to take advantage/prevent to avoid frustration or meet a full joy while on board. 

Happy Cruising To Nowhere!

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Singapore on Foot : Rediscovering Little Red Dot

This is my 10th year here in Singapore and I will confess that I didn’t YET visited all places of interest here in Little Red Dot! Like the famous murals... just visited it last month. (You can watch our less than 2minute clip at this link.) 

But I am proud to say that my husband and I completed the 36KM route of NParks Coast-to-Coast trails. That was last 2019. 

This year most of the leisurely activities were closed for months (COVID era) and for us to seize the moment we have tried to visit the parks, Sembawang, Waterway, Punggol Park, Sungei Buloh, Fort Canning to Marina Bay and longest walk/run for this year that we have done is from Upper Serangoon to Merlion Park which is 13.18km. 

 

Truly, you can explore Singapore by foot with an ease. They have a dedicated pathways for pedestrians and some of it are well covered either by the trees, buildings or by roofed walkways. You can download apps like Singapore Maps for you to pre-plan your trails. What is more rewarding? Strava and Health 365 which gives badges and vouchers respectively. 

Oh! We are all waiting for the LumiHealth app. LumiHealth is a partnership between Apple and Singapore’s Health Promotion Board to encourage the Singapore residents to be active and achieve a good night sleep. The benefit? eVouchers worth up to S$380.

Singapore is all known to be a city-state which only has 725.7 km2 and kuddos to NParks for their initiative to their Park Connectors Projects and Health Promotion Board for the health initiative apps.

Working From Home: The New Normal

As the Singapore Circuit breaker will end on June 1, some of the employees may still be given the opportunity to work from home (well like my husband). But do you know that many companies still prefer to their employees to go to the office every working day even during Circuit Breaker period. 

Styles and Tips in Telecommuting or Working From Home in Singapore

Reasons why companies can't adopt the NEW NORM: 
     1. Companies are lacking of business continuity plan. Company is not standardised. All information and systems needed to effectively run the business remotely is not present for management nor workers. 

     2. Productivity. The employees were not trusted that they will do their jobs efficiently if the nobody overlooks them. 

I know, there are pros and cons on working from home but many people (based on survey) prefers to continue telecommuting because they find it more productive and they have more time to spend with their family. 

So if you are one of the employees who were advised by their companies to continue working from home, be glad and grateful. It means that your company have an effective infrastructure to support this kind of arrangement and they fully trust that you can deploy and you have established trust to deliver your work efficiently.